Citizen station GW5684GW5684
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/133 ft/63 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Coming up. Rain is likely this evening, from about 8 PM (53%).
Now. Hayfield is 61° and overcast at 2 AM. The dew point is 60°, so the air feels a little humid. Light air from the south-southeast at 1 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 83° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 51° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 67°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. Rain is likely tomorrow (70%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:29 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:27 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 11 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 2:00 AM in Hayfield, Virginia.
Air quality
Index 25, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Northern Virginia and DC (DC), 14 miles off.
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 23, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
0.04 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 6 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Hayfield, VirginiaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 5 instruments nearest Hayfield, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station GW5684GW5684
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/133 ft/63 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Met STN At Bryant Alternative Hs Nr Alexandria384550077044201
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.2 mi away/209 ft/139 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/3.6 mi away/69 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Franconia 1.3 SSEVA-FX-33
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/56 ft/14 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Dunn LoringDNLV2
At a cooperative observer's station/11.1 mi away/489 ft/419 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 3.6 mi from Hayfield, Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:00 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Overcast at 1,200 ft; the ceiling is 1,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
62.6 F with a dew point of 59.0 F, 88 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,200 ft.
From the south southeast (150 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.
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Snow on the ground
Measured at Dunn Loring (DNLV2), 11.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.